It is the purpose and intention of this part, in the furtherance of public welfare, to provide an effective public agency for the improvement, development, and maintenance of certain existing irrigation systems in cases where administration thereof, through the agency of a water commissioner and the existing statutes, is not effective.
Creation Of Districts By Owners Of Water Of Adjudicated Streams
Mont. Code Ann. § 85-7-201, under Creation of Districts -- Adjudicated Streams.
Mont. Code Ann. § 85-7-201